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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2024</strong><br />
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Choral joy after tragic loss<br />
DYNAMIC DUO: Juliana<br />
Osman and her daughter<br />
Aleyna, 14, are part of the<br />
Christchurch City Chorus<br />
heading to Kansas City<br />
for the Sweet Adelines<br />
International Jazz<br />
Competition.<br />
FOND MEMORIES: Aleyna Osman chose to join the chorus after her father, Husaini Bin Hafiz, died suddenly in 2017<br />
from a cardiac condition. Right, the Christchurch City Chorus.<br />
• By Sasha Watson<br />
WHEN ALEYNA Osman’s father,<br />
Husaini Bin Hafiz died suddenly<br />
in 2017 from a cardiac condition,<br />
her mother offered her whatever<br />
she needed to cope with the loss.<br />
The 50-year-old was living with<br />
undetected Wellens syndrome and<br />
died while on his way to work as<br />
a Christchurch Hospital mental<br />
health registrar after dropping<br />
Aleyna at school.<br />
The then eight-year-old chose to<br />
sing to deal with her grief.<br />
“I thought she would have asked<br />
for a stuffed bear or a doll but<br />
strangely she said she wanted to<br />
join a choir,” her mother Juliana<br />
Osman said.<br />
“By luck, the Christchurch City<br />
Chorus had a Treatme offer for six<br />
weeks of training and just after<br />
her 11th birthday, Aleyna joined<br />
as a junior choir member. She<br />
competed in her first regionals at<br />
the age of 12.”<br />
Now, the 14-year-old is off to<br />
Kansas City, Missouri, in October,<br />
to sing at her first Sweet Adelines<br />
International Jazz Competition<br />
with the Christchurch City Chorus,<br />
which her mother is also part<br />
of.<br />
“The prep . . . mental, psychological,<br />
physical . . . the experience . .<br />
. the journey is what we are most<br />
excited about. It’s no easy feat, but<br />
you never feel alone,” said Osman.<br />
“And of course, a mum-anddaughter<br />
team is so much more<br />
fun – when we practice together<br />
in the car or the kitchen, it’s great<br />
harmony.<br />
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Summer in the Styx<br />
Monday, 10am-noon<br />
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Residents plead for action on boy racers<br />
• Sasha Watson<br />
EXCESSIVE SPEEDING and<br />
spinouts have pushed Belfast<br />
residents to ask for deterrents<br />
like anti-hoon bars, anti-skid<br />
surface spray, and security<br />
cameras.<br />
Charlotte Gavin, a resident<br />
of more than 25 years, said<br />
the interactions between boy<br />
racers and locals are becoming<br />
more frequent and hostile with<br />
people at their wit’s end from the<br />
intimidation and damage caused<br />
the illegal activity.<br />
Gavin presented her concerns<br />
to the Waimāero Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood<br />
Community<br />
Board.<br />
“Belfast is one of the fastestgrowing<br />
residential communities<br />
and a gateway to the city from<br />
the north. This is also one of<br />
Christchurch’s oldest suburbs<br />
. . . many of the streets were<br />
designed to provide access to a<br />
growing industrial area which is<br />
now retracting,” she said.<br />
“Therefore its intended use and<br />
design is redundant, being no<br />
longer fit for its existing purpose<br />
for the quiet enjoyment of residential<br />
activities.”<br />
Gavin said the new Northern<br />
Motorway and Johns Rd former<br />
highway provided a wider than<br />
normal roading infrastructure,<br />
which sees opportunities for<br />
disruptions.<br />
The main areas of concern<br />
are Belfast and Blakes roads,<br />
RACING ROADS: Alternatives to deter speed and skids<br />
could be installing security cameras and providing boy<br />
racers with an area away from residential zones.<br />
March Pl, and the intersections<br />
off Tyrone St – Donegal, Third<br />
and Richill streets – as the three<br />
intersecting roads are “extremely<br />
wide”.<br />
“There are also a number of<br />
quick road exits available to<br />
these individuals who are intent<br />
on disturbing the peace to evade<br />
capture.<br />
“With all respect to the police,<br />
spinouts are not a priority . . .<br />
the ultimate result of any call-in<br />
is for the culprit to be notified<br />
via a police scanner and escape<br />
via many of the motorways available.”<br />
The board chair, Bridget Williams,<br />
said its biggest concern<br />
comes back to safety.<br />
STOP THE SPEED: Use of deterrents like the Omnigrip<br />
Direct anti-hoon bars which have been installed in<br />
Moreton Bay, Queensland, could stop excessive speeding<br />
and spinouts.<br />
“It’s about making sure<br />
whānau feel safe in their homes<br />
and neighbourhoods and behaviour<br />
of this nature can not<br />
only disturb peace and quiet, but<br />
if not handled, can escalate to<br />
reckless, which we see this situation<br />
as being.”<br />
Gavin mentioned one option<br />
to prevent hooning could be to<br />
trial pavement treatment, like the<br />
calcite bauxite treatment which<br />
is laid down at two intersections<br />
in Moreton Bay, Queensland.<br />
“Cath Tonks, councillor for<br />
Division 9 Moreton Bay, wrote:<br />
Council will continue to monitor<br />
the effectiveness of the trial<br />
pavement treatment to reduce/<br />
deter hooning in this area, by all<br />
accounts it has seen a dramatic<br />
reduction.”<br />
Other alternative options<br />
include installing anti-hoon bars<br />
such as the Omnigrip Direct,<br />
anti-skid surface spray, security<br />
cameras and providing boy racers<br />
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Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>22</strong> <strong>2024</strong> 5<br />
St Margaret’s students<br />
pass with flying colours<br />
MORE THAN 96 per cent<br />
of students at St Margaret’s<br />
College achieved pass rates in<br />
NCEA levels two and three and<br />
university entrance.<br />
Executive principal Diana<br />
Patchett said she was proud of<br />
everyone. Ninety-eight per cent<br />
of students sitting university<br />
entrance last year passed, while<br />
96 per cent passed NCEA level<br />
three, and 97 per cent got level<br />
two.<br />
“Our girls consistently<br />
achieve exceptional results,<br />
reflecting their strong work<br />
ethic, and the commitment<br />
of our teaching staff to giving<br />
our students the very best<br />
foundation for their future<br />
studies and careers,” said<br />
Patchett.<br />
“Building on St Margaret’s<br />
history of academic excellence,<br />
this year’s results affirm our<br />
decision to create our own year<br />
11 curriculum, launched in<br />
20<strong>22</strong> to meet the specific needs<br />
of our girls.<br />
“Followed by our dual<br />
pathway of NCEA and<br />
International Baccalaureate<br />
(high quality international<br />
education programmes), this<br />
bespoke curriculum gives our<br />
girls the strongest possible<br />
grounding for further study.”<br />
Over the past six years, the<br />
students have achieved an<br />
average pass rate of 98 per cent<br />
for both levels two and three,<br />
with more than 70 per cent<br />
having achieved excellence or<br />
merit endorsement.<br />
The achievement rate of<br />
St Margaret’s students for<br />
literacy and numeracy has also<br />
surpassed the national results,<br />
with year 11 students passing<br />
at 87 per cent and above across<br />
numeracy, reading and writing,<br />
and year 12 students passing at<br />
99 per cent.<br />
The Ministry of Education<br />
said 41,000 New Zealand high<br />
school students attempted some<br />
or all of the NCEA assessments,<br />
with average pass rates of 56.3<br />
per cent in writing, 55.9 per<br />
cent in numeracy and 64.4 per<br />
cent in reading.<br />
Seven St Margaret’s students<br />
SMART:<br />
(From top left)<br />
Scholarship<br />
recipients<br />
Katherine<br />
Babington, Nina<br />
Hayes, Claudia<br />
Hundleby, Milo<br />
Neil, Emily Harris,<br />
Emma Mason,<br />
Tessa Sitjes<br />
and executive<br />
principal Diana<br />
Patchett.<br />
have also been awarded<br />
scholarships. Katherine<br />
Babington received one for<br />
NCEA geography, Nina Hayes<br />
for NCEA classical studies,<br />
Claudia Hundleby for NCEA<br />
english and Milo Neil for<br />
NCEA painting.<br />
Emily Harris, Emma Mason<br />
and Tessa Sitjes were the top<br />
scholars in the International<br />
Baccalaureate, with an average<br />
pass rate of 96 per cent.<br />
Cashmere High School<br />
students also received high pass<br />
rates in NCEA level one (90 per<br />
cent) and level two (92 per cent)<br />
and achieved a 79 per cent pass<br />
rate for level three. More than<br />
78 per cent of Riccarton High<br />
School students achived a pass<br />
rate in NCEA level 1, 83 per<br />
cent in level two and 76.6 per<br />
cent for level three.<br />
Tours to raise funds<br />
for Kansas City trip<br />
• From page 1<br />
“I’M SO grateful to the director,<br />
Virginia, who allowed an 8-yearold<br />
to join alone... we wouldn’t<br />
be where we are now... getting<br />
ready for Internationals.”<br />
However, sending such a big<br />
group overseas comes with a big<br />
cost - and the chorus needs help<br />
with funding and donations.<br />
That is why Penny Wenlock,<br />
another chorus member and<br />
the founder of Pukeko<br />
Junction Cafe, is hosting<br />
a private event<br />
at her restored 1850s<br />
historical home, the<br />
Glenmore House.<br />
“It is one of the few<br />
old historical homes left<br />
after the earthquakes.<br />
My partner and I have<br />
spent about two years<br />
repairing the damage<br />
and building the old<br />
house up to a place of<br />
modern living,” said Wenlock.<br />
“It is such an extreme joy to be<br />
in the chorus, to be standing on<br />
the rises with 100 plus women<br />
and making the most compelling<br />
chords together.”<br />
The fundraiser begins at three<br />
different times; 11am-1pm;<br />
1-3pm and 3-5pm, and will take<br />
place on March 3.<br />
Those who take part in each<br />
of the sessions will be seated and<br />
served rustic homemade food<br />
for morning tea or afternoon<br />
Virginia<br />
Humphrey-<br />
Taylor<br />
tea, and then be guided on a<br />
tour through the house and<br />
gardens.<br />
The profits from the event will<br />
be donated to the chorus, which<br />
was co-founded in 1985 by<br />
Virginia Humphrey-Taylor, who<br />
continues today as the musical<br />
director. The chorus is one<br />
out of about 650 groups which<br />
took part in the preliminary<br />
competitions in each of the<br />
participating countries.<br />
Out of those groups,<br />
only 36 will go to the<br />
states to compete in the<br />
competition.<br />
“The top 11 choruses<br />
in the world will get<br />
to compete further<br />
for a place in the<br />
top ten – and as the<br />
overall international<br />
champions,” said<br />
Humphrey-Taylor.<br />
“This year our focus<br />
is on music from The Greatest<br />
Showman. Being in the choir, it’s<br />
like being on Broadway.”<br />
Tickets for the private event<br />
at Penny Wenlock’s are limited<br />
and cost $39 per person.<br />
They can be purchased from<br />
trybooking.com/nz/QZP by<br />
<strong>February</strong> 27.<br />
To keep up to date with the<br />
chorus’ fundraising, go to its<br />
Facebook page, Christchurch<br />
City Chorus or go to the website:<br />
ccchorus.co.nz<br />
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Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>22</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
At Summerset, we’re proud of what we offer,<br />
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Summerset on Cavendish are holding an Open Day, and you’re invited<br />
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Long-awaited second exit opens<br />
• By Sasha Watson<br />
PRESTON PARK residents have<br />
waited nearly a decade for a<br />
second main exit to be installed<br />
to lessen the congestion from its<br />
first entrance.<br />
The Marshland subdivision<br />
has had only one exit from<br />
Prestons Park Dr onto Prestons<br />
Rd, but now, a crucial stretch of<br />
road that connects the subdivision<br />
to Mairehau Rd has been<br />
constructed.<br />
It will be open in about two<br />
weeks.<br />
Lyn Bunn,<br />
who lives in<br />
Prestons, said<br />
she has been<br />
waiting for the<br />
second entrance<br />
since moving<br />
into the subdivision<br />
three<br />
years ago. Lyn Bunn<br />
“Getting into<br />
and out of the subdivision has<br />
been just diabolical. It’s congested<br />
to hell, especially during<br />
the peak times,” she said.<br />
“Virtually everyone has been<br />
in favour of the exit being built.”<br />
In late 20<strong>22</strong>, Bunn started a<br />
petition demanding action on<br />
the unfinished road which garnered<br />
about 700 signatures.<br />
The residents were told by the<br />
developers preparatory work<br />
would start in January last year.<br />
However, it was another six<br />
months of waiting before construction<br />
got under way in June.<br />
Said Bunn: “When we cut the<br />
ribbon, I’ll believe the exits have<br />
NO MORE WAITING: The crucial stretch of road that connects the subdivision to Mairehau<br />
Rd has been constructed and will open in about two weeks.<br />
been completed. It’s been delayed<br />
many times.<br />
“These exits will give the subdivision<br />
better access as well as<br />
to those driving in and out. It’ll<br />
help ambulances and emergency<br />
responders enter quickly. The<br />
biggest issues were the extra<br />
time, money, fuel and distance<br />
we had to travel just to get to<br />
other places.<br />
“We have been well supported<br />
by the local community board,<br />
which has continuously advocated<br />
for this.”<br />
Waitai Coastal-Burwood<br />
Community Board chair Kelly<br />
Barber said getting a second exit<br />
has been one of his priorities<br />
since being elected onto the<br />
board.<br />
“I just want to say, I apologise<br />
to the community that this hasn’t<br />
been fixed sooner. It shouldn’t<br />
have taken so long.”<br />
Construction of the exit, which<br />
is installed at the south end of<br />
the subdivision, meant residents<br />
were forced to take an alternative<br />
route to the main northern exit<br />
or head out a narrow eastern one.<br />
The limited options left the residents<br />
concerned and frustrated<br />
about congestion and safety.<br />
Barber said the cars trying to<br />
leave get “stacked up for miles”<br />
along Prestons Park Dr and then,<br />
residents of the subdivision have<br />
to drive “about 4 kms” to get out.<br />
“With the exit opening being<br />
imminent, I would like to thank<br />
Lyn who instigated and pushed<br />
for the exit as the people of<br />
Preston have been waiting a very<br />
long time.<br />
“I’d also like to thank the<br />
mayor, Phil Mauger, for his intervention<br />
at various times... this<br />
second exit will make a massive<br />
difference to the subdivision and<br />
travel to and from it.”<br />
Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>22</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
Roading<br />
projects<br />
approved<br />
A SWATHE of transport<br />
projects, including at two<br />
Shirley intersections and two<br />
roundabouts, have been approved<br />
by the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-<br />
Central and the Waitai Coastal-<br />
Burwood-Linwood community<br />
boards.<br />
The Shirley Rd, Warrington<br />
St and Hills Rd intersection<br />
and the nearby Shirley Rd, New<br />
Brighton Rd, Marshland Rd and<br />
North Parade intersection will be<br />
revamped to improve safety.<br />
The work on the Shirley, Hills<br />
and Warrington intersection<br />
includes installing a safe speed<br />
platform, raised pedestrian crossings<br />
on the Shirley Rd slip lane,<br />
and a new green turning arrow<br />
from Hills Rd into Warrington St.<br />
Changes at the Shirley, Marshland,<br />
New Brighton and North<br />
Parade intersection include safe<br />
speed platforms, the removal of<br />
the left slip lane from Shirley Rd<br />
into Marshland Rd, and a new<br />
traffic island on New Brighton Rd.<br />
Safety improvements have been<br />
also confirmed for the Travis Rd,<br />
Bower Ave and Rookwood Ave<br />
roundabout in New Brighton.<br />
The Bridge St and Estuary Rd<br />
roundabout will get a makeover<br />
after reports of safety concerns.<br />
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all no stopping lines as well as<br />
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STRETCH: Big crowds turned out for the sunrise yoga sessions at New Brighton and Sumner beaches.<br />
Beaches become yoga studios<br />
A YOGA teacher with a<br />
specialist interest in women’s<br />
health and hormones is turning<br />
Sumner and New Brighton<br />
beaches into temporary sunrise<br />
yoga studios.<br />
Hundreds of people lined<br />
New Brighton beach from<br />
6.30am on Sunday for Sunrise<br />
Yoga with Posh Porridge – and<br />
a swim.<br />
Jess Campbell will be taking<br />
her Sunrise Yoga Club back to<br />
Sumner beach on March 3.<br />
The mum of three young<br />
girls and two stepchildren<br />
runs the online yoga studio<br />
She Blooms but teaches mainly<br />
from the O-Studio in the<br />
central city.<br />
She started the free beach<br />
classes at Sumner and New<br />
Brighton to help people and<br />
offer something different.<br />
“(We) finish off with an<br />
optional dip in the ocean,<br />
taking time to connect with the<br />
community.”<br />
Following the 30-minute<br />
class, they meet<br />
up for a porridge<br />
breakfast.<br />
Said Jess:<br />
“You’ll also find<br />
me teaching<br />
a community<br />
sunrise<br />
Jess<br />
Campbell<br />
yoga class<br />
every second<br />
week here in<br />
Christchurch, these are such<br />
special events that have taken<br />
on a life of their own.<br />
“We move between New<br />
Brighton and Sumner beach,<br />
depending on tides, do a<br />
30-minute flow and then a dip<br />
in the water.<br />
“Sometimes we even<br />
have fabulous people come<br />
along and make food and<br />
coffee so we can chat and<br />
connect on the beach.”<br />
After going through<br />
her share of ups and downs<br />
with mental health and<br />
hormonal imbalance, Jess<br />
aims to help others in the<br />
community.<br />
“Having endometriosis<br />
since my teenage years and<br />
post-natal depression after<br />
my second child, it’s needless<br />
to say that yoga, mindfulness<br />
and horse riding has been an<br />
unwavering friend and tool<br />
through it all.”<br />
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about as easy as it gets.<br />
A roomy and welcoming<br />
cabin has an abundance of<br />
usable passenger and cargo<br />
space. Instruments and controls<br />
are designed with meticulous<br />
attention to detail. There’s a<br />
12-inch central touch display,<br />
multifunction steering wheel,<br />
push button start, heated front<br />
seats and steering wheel, with the<br />
latter adjustable for height and<br />
reach.<br />
Safety is paramount, and the<br />
ID.4 delivers in emphatic fashion<br />
with a coveted 5-Star ANCAP<br />
safety rating. This was earned<br />
through leading edge safety<br />
tech such as Front Assist with<br />
Predictive Pedestrian and Cyclist<br />
Protection. Side Assist with Rear<br />
Traffic Alert warns the driver of<br />
collisions with other vehicles,<br />
cyclists, pedestrians and static<br />
obstacles.<br />
All the excellent ride and road<br />
holding traits associated with<br />
Volkswagen are embodied in<br />
the ID.4. The suspension sees<br />
Macpherson struts fitted at the<br />
front and a multi link set-up<br />
at the rear. Both work their<br />
magic to deliver an immensely<br />
satisfying drive, that’s right out<br />
of the top draw. Rear-wheel drive<br />
offers effective traction over most<br />
road surfaces from the good, the<br />
bad, and the down right hideous.<br />
The high-voltage battery fits<br />
snuggly into the floor of the<br />
ID.4 between the axles, with its<br />
low centre of gravity giving the<br />
vehicle exceptional agility and<br />
balance during brisk cornering.<br />
With its solid and compact<br />
European feel the test vehicle<br />
ID.4, had a genuine and desirable<br />
point of difference over many<br />
of its peers. This is decidedly<br />
advantageous in one of the fastest<br />
growing and most competitive<br />
segments of our new car market.<br />
The test vehicle was subjected<br />
to an unrelenting assortment of<br />
bruising bumps and potholes,<br />
on a couple of lengthy drives on<br />
rural roads, that didn’t show a<br />
shred of country hospitality. I<br />
emerged from this experience<br />
with a deeper respect of the ride<br />
comfort and handling talents of<br />
this outstanding EV.<br />
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2011 mazda aXeLa<br />
$7,995<br />
1500cc, auto, 184,500kms.<br />
2010 miTsubishi rVr<br />
$10,995<br />
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2009 ToyoTa ipsum 7 seaTer<br />
$8,995<br />
2.4, auto, alloys, 81,000kms.<br />
2014 ToyoTa coroLLa GX haTch 1.8<br />
was $11,995 Now $10,995<br />
Auto, NZ new, 176,000kms.<br />
2 AvAIlAblE<br />
SOlD<br />
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$5,995<br />
1.5 auto, 131,000kms, new WOF, drives well.<br />
2009 suzuki sX4<br />
$8,995<br />
5Dr Hatch, 2.0L auto, NZ new, 114,000kms.<br />
2006 suzuki swifT GLXha<br />
$7,995<br />
NZ new, 1500cc, auto, low 56,000kms.<br />
2012 NissaN Tiida 5/haTch<br />
$6,995<br />
1.5 auto, 111,000kms.<br />
REDUCED<br />
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2012 hyuNdai i30 s/w<br />
$8,995<br />
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2015 ToyoTa yaris 5/haTch<br />
was $12,495 Now $10,995<br />
1.3L, auto, NZ new, low 56,000kms.<br />
2012 hyuNdai i30 5/haTch<br />
$7,995<br />
1.6L, auto, 173,000kms, alloys.<br />
2012 NissaN Tiida 5/haTch<br />
$6,995<br />
1.5 auto, new WOF, 127,000kms.<br />
2003 ToyoTa coroLLa GL<br />
$4,695<br />
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2005 tOYOta COROlla<br />
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VVT-i, immaculate, one owner, light blue<br />
2009 tOYOta wish<br />
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drives superbly.<br />
2012 tOYOta aqUa hYBRid<br />
74,500kms, auto, alloys, air/cond, ABS, ESC, power/<br />
steer, superb to drive.<br />
Includes ORC<br />
$16,990 $9,250 $15,990 $11,490<br />
$13,990<br />
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2008 Mazda ateNza<br />
auto, alloys, black leather interior,<br />
116,513kms, nice vehicle<br />
Includes ORC<br />
2 litre auto, alloys, CD, Cruise, ABS, ESC,<br />
deep blue pearl, immaculate.<br />
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Includes ORC<br />
2018 YaRiX GX<br />
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$11,750 $16,750 $25,990 $27,990<br />
$12,750<br />
2007 sUzUKi apV VaN<br />
5 speed, 1600cc, manual, NZ new,<br />
5 door, alloys, very clean example.<br />
2010 tOYOta VellfiRe<br />
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airbags, superb family coach.<br />
2016 NissaN atlas BOX tRUCK<br />
5spd manual, 3 Litre turbo diesel, large<br />
rear cargo capacity, excellent example.<br />
NissaN NV350<br />
2500cc turbo diesel, auto, 5 door, roof<br />
rack, 88,595kms.<br />
2016 Mazda deMiO<br />
1300cc auto, ESC, ABS, airbags, leather<br />
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CROSSWORD<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
8 9<br />
10 11<br />
336<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
WORDBUILDER<br />
236<br />
6<br />
A R L<br />
U G F<br />
12 13 14 15<br />
16<br />
17 18<br />
19<br />
20 21 <strong>22</strong> 23 24<br />
How many words of three or more letters,<br />
How including many plurals, words can you of make three from or the more six<br />
letters, using each letter only once? No foreign<br />
words or words beginning with a capital are<br />
from allowed. the There's six letters, at least one using six-letter each word. only<br />
once?<br />
TODAY<br />
Good 11 Very Good 15 Excellent 18<br />
Solution 235: act, actin, ani, ant, anti, antic, apt,<br />
can, cant, cap, cat, CATNIP, inapt, nap, nip, nit, pact,<br />
pain, paint, pan, panic, pant, pat, pic, pica, pin, pint,<br />
word.<br />
pit, pita, tan, tap, tic, tin, tip.<br />
letters, including plurals, can you make<br />
No words beginning with a capital are<br />
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter<br />
Good 11 Very Good 15 Excellent 18<br />
25 26<br />
27 28<br />
29 30<br />
31 32<br />
33 34<br />
Across<br />
1. Young and inexperienced (6)<br />
5. Optical illusion (6)<br />
10. Romantic (7)<br />
11. Fill to satisfaction (7)<br />
12. Portions (6)<br />
15. Abide (6)<br />
16. Recuperate (7)<br />
17. Unknown author (abbr) (4)<br />
18. Part of the eye (4)<br />
19. Misshape (7)<br />
20. Dismiss (4)<br />
<strong>22</strong>. Becomes older (4)<br />
25. Accomplishment (7)<br />
27. Card suit (6)<br />
28. Muscle injury (6)<br />
31. Excellent, wonderful (7)<br />
32. Deadly poison (7)<br />
33. Pressing (6)<br />
34. Annual pay (6)<br />
Decoder<br />
Down<br />
2. Alligator pear (7)<br />
3. Plunderer (6)<br />
4. Stinging insect (4)<br />
5. Disguise (4)<br />
6. Instead (6)<br />
7. Type of hard stone (7)<br />
8. Feeling of sickness (6)<br />
9. Niche (6)<br />
13. Grave (7)<br />
14. Porch (7)<br />
15. Go backwards (7)<br />
20. Split (6)<br />
21. Climb awkwardly (7)<br />
23. Glassworker (7)<br />
24. Chanteuse (6)<br />
25. Chevron (6)<br />
26. Stretch out (6)<br />
29. Overcome (4)<br />
30. Parts of a play (4)<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Callow, 5.<br />
Mirage, 10. Amorous, 11.<br />
Satiate, 12. Shares, 15.<br />
Reside, 16. Recover, 17.<br />
Anon, 18. Lens, 19. Distort,<br />
20. Sack, <strong>22</strong>. Ages, 25.<br />
Success, 27. Hearts, 28.<br />
Sprain, 31. Sublime, 32.<br />
Cyanide, 33. Urgent, 34.<br />
Salary.<br />
Down: 2. Avocado, 3.<br />
Looter, 4. Wasp, 5. Mask,<br />
6. Rather, 7. Granite, 8.<br />
Nausea, 9. Recess, 13.<br />
Serious, 14. Portico, 15.<br />
Regress, 20. Schism, 21.<br />
Clamber, 23. Glazier, 24.<br />
Singer, 25. Stripe, 26.<br />
Sprawl, 29. Best, 30. Acts.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
fag, far, flag, flu, frag, frug,<br />
FRUGAL, fug, fugal, fur, furl,<br />
gal, gar, gaur, guar, gulf, lag,<br />
lug, rag, rug<br />
Sudoku<br />
DECODER<br />
Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the<br />
given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out<br />
which letters are represented by the other numbers.<br />
All puzzles copyright<br />
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